vȱlda
See also: Volda
Livonian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *oldak.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editvȱlda
- (intransitive) to be
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- laz ka vȯlkõ
- so be it
- vȯlkõ pǟl
- scratch that, let it be
- vȯlkõ mis vȯldsõ (~ vȯlkõ kui vȯldsõ)
- be whatever may be
- vȯlgid nei lõpsnā!
- be so kind [as to...]
- minnõn äb ūo sinstõ äb lemmõ, äb kilmõ
- I couldn't care less about you (lit. "to me it is neither warm nor cold from you")
- sa äd ūo mägūd tagān, sa ūod rovd barāsõ
- you are not living in wilderness (lit. "you are not over mountains,") you are among people
- laz ka vȯlkõ
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
Conjugation
editConjugation of vȱlda (10)
1imperative-like constructions possible with laz (“so that”) jussive: laz ma/ta vȯlkõ, laz ne vȯlkõd
2rare, using indicative present more common, laz jussive construction possible: laz mēg vȯlkõd